Solo ClassesFollow

I would recommend playing what you will like, not what solos the best. As stated from SOE All classes will be able to solo.

There was a post on beta boards where someone was declaring that clerics were overpowered because a friend supposedly could solo (or saw someone solo, can't remember which) 3 very difficult mobs at once. Of course, the posts after that all declared how ridiculous it was. Clerics are not overpowered, and the "friend" was full of crap. I use this as an example to show that even the class you wouldn't figure could solo at all...is even able to bring up posts complaining they are overpowered.

The lesson? Pick whatever class you like, they can all solo hehe.

Well I am guessing if there is an INT stat and INT = mana. then more int the better for casters just like EQ 1

Druids,Shamans get sow, All scouts get pathfinding(which is also a group buff). Pathfinding is better in my opinion as far as usefulness. Doeesn't matter in the end though, as all buffs fade unless your grouped with the person who provided them.

But as in all games you are trying to solo them with out good and even uber gear on. on release sure you cant solo them, do u think a lvl 12 could solo Crush in EQ1 on release? not a chance. but now a lvl 12 with gear can pwn him. once the gear flows the mobs will be easier. even thou gear is lvl required each lvl still has good gear for it. and once that happens those mobs will get weaker.

Your not going to be able to solo to lev 50. At least not without it taking 5x as long as those who group on a semi regular basis.

I ran a predator, shaman and sorcerer up to levels 11, 14 and 12 respectively during beta. I spent most but not all of my time solo . Each class was a lot of fun to play solo and with a group. You can have a lot of sucess solo if you learn how to use your heroic option wheel (HO for short). SOE has changed how it works during the beta a few times and this is based on how it was working on Nov 6.

You can invoke the HO wheel by using a 0 cost, 0 casting time spell. I would typically initiate combat with an attack or spell, hit the HO button and then try to finish up a combo and try it again. Depending on which option the wheel generated, you could get an attack or spell landing 2x-3x damage in addition to the normal spell. This extra DPS is huge at the early levels and makes all the difference when you are solo. The HO works in a groups too but everyone must work together to make it work. It takes a bit of practice.

During the beta, most people thought the classes that could heal themselves were better for solo. I found healing class DPS to be lower than the scout and the mage and therefore they needed the healing.

While playing the predator, if I used the sneak and a got a good backstab in to start out combat, I never had any trouble with the mob. My scout was duel wielding some daggers and was hitting for 7-12 points during normal combat, around 20 on some special moves, but my best backstab would hit for 70+ to start out combat and it hit for 89 points one time. You _really_ don't want the predator class getting behind you.

For my sorcerer, I skipped the mage/pet route and went with pure offense. My Euridite had plenty of mana so I took the stamina option whenever I had a choice because the hit points don't last as long as the mana. Now this class was able to deal with groups of two by rooting one (and only rooting it) and attacking the other mob. In my experience, the root never broke before expiration unless the mobs was damaged. At level 12, I received a choice of specializing against gnoll or orcs. Since I was in Qeynos, I took gnolls and I received an anti-gnoll spell. When i was able to use it as part of the HO cycle, it crashed into the gnoll for 105 points. Needless to say, I was very pleased and the gnoll shaman was very dead.

Summary.
All three classes solo well. For me, the mage-->sorcerer route leveled up the quickest, followed by the predator and then the shaman. HOWEVER, my shaman could solo the tougher mobs than either the predator or sorcerer but the downtime wasn't worth it. As far as I could tell, the classes were very well balanced. Try them out, enjoy it, don't worry about finding a solution yet, there isn't one so have fun.

I have a question about group tagged mobs. Lets say you are a lvl 20 and see a group mob in a area. You go back at lvl 40 will that same mob be tagged as group or will it be tagged as solo since you are a much higher lvl now.